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Chapter 7: Picnic for Two
The pair headed back to the castle but stopped in the gardens once more.
"What are we doing now?"
"You'll see, be patient Sarah."
Jareth led her into a part of the garden that seemed to be even more cut off from reality than the rest of it was. "Are you hungry Sarah?"
She then realised that she hadn't eaten anything that day and was indeed hungry. "Um yeah, I guess I am kinda hungry."
"Well then, I think it's time for lunch."
He summoned a crystal and threw it on the grass where a picnic lunch for two appeared.
Sarah stood in stunned silence for a moment before Jareth placed a hand on her shoulder. "Well? Are you going to sit down with me, or stand here and stare?"
She came back to reality then and sat down on the blanket, Jareth following her and sitting down opposite her.
Jareth proceeded to opening the picnic basket but paused as he did so. "Sarah, what would you like to eat?"
"Well, what do you have in there?"
"Whatever you want. So tell me, what is it that you want for lunch?"
She sat in thought for a moment. "I can have anything I want?"
"Anything," Jareth said, nodding in confirmation.
"Alright then, I want pizza."
"What sort of pizza? You have to tell me what you want on it, if you don't you could end up with something very different to what you would like."
"Ok, in that case I want a hawaiian pizza and a drink of coke."
Jareth concentrated for a moment and then pulled her order out of the picnic basket. "This is what you wanted love?"
She smiled when she saw the pizza. "Yep, that's it."
"Well in that case, let's eat. I've never had this pizza before and I'd like to see what you like so much about it."
Sarah grabbed her first slice and Jareth did the same. He chewed slowly at first and Sarah watched him. He smiled at her after a moment and swallowed.
"You like it?"
Jareth looked at her and swallowed his next bite before answering. "I think that I'll have to have pizza more often."
Sarah laughed at him as Jareth continued to eat.
The meal went on and soon enough it was time for Sarah to leave.
"I wish I could stay here with you," she said, sighing.
"So do I Sarah, so do I." Jareth pulled her to him a tight embrace and they kissed. A real kiss that sent shivers up Sarah's spine. When they broke apart Sarah buried her face in Jareth's neck and she heard Jareth whisper, "I love you."
She sighed softly in contentment before replying, "I love you too."
He took her hands in his and she pulled away. "It's time to go love."
" I know."
Jareth then transported them both back to the oak tree beside Sarah's house.
"Goodbye love," he whispered, before kissing her once more.
"Bye Jareth, will you come and see me soon?"
"Of course I will. Now you better get going before you get yourself into trouble with your step mother."
"You're right, I love you."
"I love you too Sarah," he kissed her once more. "Now, goodbye. I'll see you again soon." With that he transformed into an own and left her standing there.
She checked her watch and there was only fifteen minutes left until she was supposed to be home anyway. "I may as well go inside then."
When she went inside Sarah saw Karen waiting for her.
"For once you're on time. Now, there is dinner in the oven and I'll be back later."
"Hang on a second. Where are you going?"
"A friend of mine is in town for a few days so we're going out for dinner."
"Since when? Karen you went out last night! You can't leave me with Toby and Amelia again!"
"Well you would have known earlier but you weren't here and that's not my problem." Karen started to walk away but Sarah stepped in front of her. "Sarah, get out of my way."
"Not until you listen."
Karen started to push past her but Sarah stood her ground.
"Karen I wanted to know, what's Toby's favourite type of bedtime story?" Sarah already knew that Karen didn't know and if she guessed it right then it was by chance not through how well she knew her son.
"Well ah- Sarah it doesn't matter! I have to go."
"I knew it, what's Toby's favourite dessert? Or how about his favourite toy?"
Karen just stood and stared at her step daughter.
"You don't deserve him, you've got a wonderful little boy and you couldn't care less! I don't understand how you can be like that! I feel so sorry for him, what'll happen if I move out? You'll just forget about him? You're his mother Karen! Why don't you act like it for once?" She walked off before Karen had a chance to argue with her.
As she walked out the front door she heard Karen say, "What about my friend?"
Sarah just called back over her shoulder, "Cancel or get her to come here, your choice, but I'm not staying here."
AN: So are people still reading?I get the odd review every nowand then, thanks to those people, but I wanna know if there are otherpeople reading or if I should stop the story because there's not much point in putting it up if nobody's reading it. Anyway, let me know.
If people want me to keep this going next chapter will be sometime in the next week, I'm gettting a new laptop coz I only have a crappy old computer and I won't be home for a few days coz I gotta visit some friends and family and my boyfriend. Well I'll shut up now, and if anybody is still reading now, review so I'm not just writing to myself lol.